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r Our ^nmihi A MIDAIR FIGIIT. The tinoaml full details of the adventure I urn nl?out to relate buvo never appeared in print. Nobody but myself could iKK-bibly give a faithful account ot the matter. and I have only recently recovered from a nervdue prostration that followed the (-vent. I write this account now, not because it given 1110 any pleasure to do so -on the contrary, the task is a very unpleasant and painful one- but so many untruthful versions of the story have got abroad that 1 feel it due to myself to state plainly Nvbut uotually occurred. ll was in August. und 1 was taking a pleasant walking tour in the south of England. During tlio second week 1 Ua?l loft Surrey behind uio and was wuiidcring among the fields, the wooded dolls and tho winding lanes of West Sussex. 1 carried with me a little guidebook to the C *4nty, merely for the sake of the brief 'information it gave mo about old churches and other points of interest. I employed no itinerary, but let my route work itself out from day to day without any prearranged plans. Vet the fact remains that but for that little book my terrible adventure would in all probability never have happened. Breakfasting one mottling at the little inn at 13 , 1 determined that my day's wuIk should be to D , and 1 worked out uiy route on tho map. 1 noticed, however, that a little village called YV lay uhout two miles out of iny way. und turning up the place in my guide 1 read, " The tourist should not miss tho church, which is early English und exhibits some very interesting features." 1 thereupon resolved to alter my route a little in order to include the village in my day s progress. A description of the place, its ( harming green and pretty cottages, is not necessary to my story. The littloclnirch stands upon a knoll and is a prominent detail in the landscape for miles around. Looking up at its graceful spire, 1 at onco noticed that just beneath tho weathercock soino.-dignt scatYohling had been erected, und t'nat rope s depended from it to the surf-tro of tho tower beneath. Some repairs were evidently in operation. "Aro yon repairing (bo spire?" 1 asked of three iitcn who worn Heated on a flat tornb catitig (heir frugal midd-y meal. "No," was tho somewhat surly reply of tho man who appeared to mo to ho the foreman. "Only tho weathercock?" " Yes. " Tho fellow now eyed ma closely, us if there wcro something in my appearance that interested him. Ho was n rather tall and powerfully huilt man, with a full black heard and rather curious. deep set eyes. There was something about tho eyes that fascinated mo. Surely 1 had seen them before. Hut where? 1 had no recollection of having ever previously made tho acquaintance of a steeplejack. His manner suddenly changed toward me. Ho rose from his seat and seemed anxious to converse. "Pretty country around here, sir." t agreed with him. 'Lovely view irom tho top." Ho pointed with his thumb to the steeple. "You got what they call a hirdsevo view for miles around, and 1 lielievo I ihw tho sen this morning through that brouk yonder in tho South Dow us." "flow do you go up?" I asked. 'In a sort of cage. I am just going now, sii. Will you go with mo? You uiay never get tho opportunity again." 1 thought ho was probably right, and thnt it was a pity to miss sueh an experience. "But is it quite snfo?" 1 inquired. 'Bless you. yes. sir. I'll tako earn of you right enough." And ho laughed in a way that was certainly not pleas lit. but it struck mil il? lii.imr milu n - - - - <- ""V peculiar mannerism. 1 consented to make tho ascent, and we all mounted tho bed try stairs uud got out on tho bolfry leads. "I'd belter go first," ho said, "and then I can seo you saf ely landed. The cugo will only hold one at a time." Ho was soon hauled to tho top, and when lie had disembarked tho eago was lot down again tor my reception. I got in and proceeded to ascend up the side of the steeple. 1 had not risen many yards before 1 began to feci v? ry nervous. My life was absolutely ait tho mercy of the two men who were pulling me rp. Suppose by some accident they should let go? What if the rope should break, or tho pulley at the top givo way ? As tho height to which 1 was being lifted increased, no my terror increased also. 1 dared not look downward. One glance mado mo turn sick and faint Tho palms of my hands were moist, and perspiration stood in beads on my forehead. What a fool I had been to consent to go up! The ascent could not have taken many minutes, but it seemed as if it were never going to reach tho top. Once thoro, the steeplejack helped mo to get on to tho little platform, where 1 crouched down and clung to tho standard of tho weathercock, trembling in every limb. My guide signaled to his assistants to let down tho cage, and turning to mo a few moments later said: nlf.. . i aiy men nuvo now g?no down tnc road for it drink. 1 told them that we shouldn't want to come down for mi hour." "An hour!" I oxclnimod. "Am 1 fixed in thin hornblo plaeofornn hour'/ Explain I" "1 thought you might liko tlmo to examine the viovv carefully. I'rotty, isn't it ?'' "Do you mean to?is this a brutal, practical joke'/" "No. I was never moro serious in my life. Herbert Ridley Morris!" " You know my name? Whouro you ? What is it yon want?" "1 will answer nil in pood time. Just make yourself as confortablo as you can, and I'll begin by telling you a littlo tale. It isn't out of n story book, but it's just us good and a long sight truer. " Listen 1 Onco on a timo thero was a littlo village. It was in Buckinghamshire. Tho population was small, but nono tho less virtuous on that nccount, you understand. In this village lived a maiden, who novor had her *n tltis wVrld and never will. Ilor lather was a marlnft garden**, and htm * mother lino died wn?Mi sue was a oar>y Well. In thonrxt village, somotwomiloo ofT, lived a young fellow who would gladly I av?? laid down his life for that maid, mi madly wan ho In lovo with her. llo was a dairy tarmer and wan said to I*- very prosperous. Certainly ho was in a position to provide u comfortable home for tlio maiden that ov1 orvbodv oudsMn?^J Us wm to marry. "Ah 1 l ave said, ho loved tlio gtrl madly, and she professed to lovo him in return, b'ho had promised to become his wife, ami in the coming spring they i were to ho married. "lb.it she never was his. Do you suppose ho throw her over? Do you think ho tired of her ? Good heaven I lie loved her even icoiv?more madly, more fiercely, becam e she could never bo bin wife. "What, then, do you nupposo separated them? 1 will till you. A smooth tougucd villain from Loudon euniu between them, lie flattered her und lied to her ami spread hia vilo nit to entrap her. The poor girl was fascinuted, bewildered by the sleek scoundrel, und ho carried her oif. "A year later she was in her grave. Hit ib-kitti'd liivni- ?*uu lintirliul desolate, desperate. His business bocuino neglected and ended in ruin. An a boy ho had tried tho sen, and ho now took to tint life again, hut not for longlie fell in with a steeplejack, worked with him and him since adopted the culling. Still, tho great sorrow of his : life hangs heavy on hi in, and ho once ! swore u vow which ho meuns to keep? that if ever ho met tho enemy of his life and of tho lifoof tho womun ho loved the great score between them should l>e settled one way or tho other. "l)o you understand the story? That dairy fanner's nauio was Richard Wil* ; hoii, and the name in also my own. The girl was Margaret Snow, and Herbert Ridley Morris was tho scoundrel. We have now an opportunity of paying of? j old debts without fear of interruption.' Tho determination tn his manner, the madness in his eyo, told mo ho wan ! in deadly earnest. "You wrong 1110," I cried. "I never intended to harm you. As for Margaret, 1 loved hi r passionately, and the marriage was a perfectly happy one. (jod knows that when she died it nearly broke my heart. Door Margaret I If you loved her as you say. you lmvo my deen svinnathv.'' "Curse your sympathy!" Ho struck at ino with hit) fist, but by a quick movent* nt I avoided tlio blow. "Ouo of us hits to dio?0110 or both j of us!" he shrieked. "If you go first. 1 shall throw myself after you. I f 1 go down, you can live and run tho risk of being hanged for my murder 1 Aro you ready?" Ho fixed his eyes on tno, and I saw i ho was no longer it sane man, and 1 was doomed to engage in a most horrible encounter?a fight for life round the | weathercock of a lofty church steeple. 1 gave one loud cry for help. It was | echoed by a tuighloring hill and star ! tied the birds in the trees beneath. "You fool!" ho laughed in derision. "What help do you hope for up bore? i If any one attempts to come tip. one j stroke of my knife will cut short his career." I tried to pacify him, hut my words seemed only to infuriate him, and suddenly. with a loud execration, he sprang on ino like a tig? r. The platform that wo were on was formed of rough plunks and was only a few foot square. Beyond tho standard of the vsaio and the four short ends of acutTold poles, to which tho planks were secured by roja's. there was absolutely no protection. The standard round which the struggle contend was of stout wrought iron, and each mail's life depended on his being able to maintain his hold upon this support. Arms and legs in count si on were entwined about it as we wres tied and fought in d adly deep* ration. | Oh, those horrible moments! How wo fought and strained and maneuver* d to gain some little advantage m post tionl If he succeeded in dislodging my right leg, it was only to let my left leg obtain an equally good position. I! 1 forced his hand lronin.no place, it ini mediately grasped another. 1 saw clearly, and so, I think, did he that it was purely a question of cndui unco. Tho man who could hold out longest would win, and wo w? re pretty 1 evenly matched. But what a terrible 1 fate awaited tho vanquished! And through all tho struggle 1 could hear tho birds in (ho 1 rocs and hedges below singing merrily in tho warm sun. which beat down on our uncovered heads and parched my throat and lips. 1 do not know how long wo had been engaged in our horril lo light. It may not have been many minutes, but to unit seemed hours. Neither of us up pea red to bo gaining any material ml vantage, when, suddenly taking mo by surprise, ho seized me savagely by the throat and for<-ed me. choking, on my back across the platl't mi. Though 1 was oblig d to relcar.o the iron standard with my hands. 1 still clung to it with one 1 g. Wilson held my throat with his h it hand, so that my head hungovt i the side of the platform. With his right hand ho grasped 1 tho iron rod. To his loft leg 1 was clinging with one ami. and with his right leg ho was violently kicking mine away from tho support. llow it happened 1 do not know, but all at once he lost Ins hold on the upright bar, reeled round, and with a quiet cry fell backward ever tho edge into midair. At tho same moment my leg got disengaged, and as I we; clasping one of his linil s I felt myself suddenly jerkt <1 id tor him. As i write 1 can distinctly see the whole panorama that met my gazo its 1 wont over the side, even tho excited lit tie group of villagers who wore shrieking and hurrying toward the steeple. It seemed long enough for mo to notice several insignificant details and for sov eral calm thoughts to j through my bruiti. Yet jt must lmvo been but a moment. 1 immediately boraino unconscious, and it was acvcral days b tore I vrcov cred my reason. Win n 1 did so. 1 was ' astonished to find that in body 1 was practically uninjured, although I had received a terrible mental >hork. It appears that the gl:tly struggle I was watched throughout by tlio terror stricken villag; rs. but no p rson could bo l'ound Ruiilciently dark g to mount the spiro aud risk bis lib by an interforcnco. Wlu n, however, poor Wilson ' foil, and I was seen to I e lu nging icy pendeil from the platrorm. there \v plenty of volunteers. Viler The man who wont to tho top foj mo hanging by tho breast of my 1 t i twood jacket, which providentially ha caught in a nail in ono of tho plnnk ?ml thus saved iny lifo. It wan a inoi ciful circumstance that I hail lout cor Mciousncfl*, as any efforts on rny i>urt t get out of my truly horrible positio must havo eialeil in iny being dushc to pieces like my Rssailant. Additional help wuh iiiuncdiately ol tained, and tiny brought nio down t tho ground in aufoty. This is the whol of tho story. Numerous sensational on; bellishmciita havo got abroad, but the aro all fiction. Surely tho truth in thi case is so terrible that there was ue nc i cessity to supply added horrors froi the imagination. ? Kxchunge. AN OPAL WITH A HISTORY. Five Men M liu Wore tlio Fateful Ston Overwhelmed Willi M Ufortuno. Soino yearn ago a gentleman tiumci Bcurd, who was ono of the wealthier residents of Houston, was traveling 01 horseback from San Autonio to Austin in his saddlebags he had a supply e provislona, liquor, etc., the usual com missury supplies incident to horsohuc] journeys. A few miles from Austin h iodo up to a tree under which lay stranger, sick almost unto death. 11 naked Mr. Heard for assistance and wa given some piovistons and a genorou draft of whisky. The fellow was suffer ing with a raging fever and realize the necessity of getting to where h could have proper medical attention lie asked Mr. Heard it ho could spar him a few dollars, at the same tim drawing from his finger a heavy gol< ring set with a magnificent opal, whie shot forth flashes of red. bluo and gold hi light as the stone was moved Mr Board took the ring, giving the ma C'll. which was about half tho change h had with him, promising to call o the man in tho hospital in Austin, whor ho hojicd to hear from Iriouds an would redeem the ring. Mr. Beard rod on, after making the stranger as com fortablo as possible. Some two or three days later he wen to the hospital and found his man slil very ill. but ho had failed to receiv the expected remittance. After chat ting with him awhile he took his d? partnro. When ho visited the hospitti next day, h" found tho man was dead Ho returned to Houston, forgetting al about the ring, except us he huppenei to notice it. The second day after hi return ho lost a lawsuit involving $so, 000. From this time everything h touched proved unlucky. One day h was in Austin gloomily meditating ovc his ill luck when his eye chanced t fall upon the opal, which he swear was < mittiug a yellowish green ligh and r.cetncd to mock at him. Like i flash the story of tho opal and tho ll luck that attached ton ncss< t nr mm into ins mind, anil drawing the linj from It in finger ho started for tho Colo ratio rivor, intending to throw it in tli stream. On bin way ho m< t a friend tho sheriff of tho county, to whom It communicated his intentions. Tho officer said it was a shnmo t throw away such a magnificent gen and bogged that ho nnght have it in stead. Tho opal changed ownershi; right there, and three days aftcrwan tho sheriir was shot and hilled. Th opal then passed into tho hands of lawyer, who was thereupon unfortunut until ho died, and tho ring went int tho hands of tho fifth man, who boo: went crazy. From this lime Mr. Hoar lost all traco of the opal, after follow ing ita history through the hands of liv different men, all of whom met wit misfortune as soon as tho gem cam into their possession.?St. Louis (Jlubc Democrat. Homo mid I.oitdoD, A correspondent of u contemporar gives boiuo interesting details, com paring tho value of land in tho city o London today with tho value of lata in ancient Rome. A business freehold property in th city, offered for salo by unction, wa withdrawn at ?170,000. or at the rati of ?br> per foot. It appears that th house of Clodius cost what would b ?1 10,470 of our money. Tho itoinai palaces naturally fetclu d higher prices while nmallcr houses cost less. Th residence of Crassus sold tor ?^8,(100 ()u the whole it would seem that rea property in Rome in tho time of th empire was almost as valuable as it i in the metropolis now. In Rome, as ii most cities during the inediicvnl ages the houses were not only places of busi ness, hut also and chiolly privato resi deuces. The house of Clodius, for ex ample, besides its storerooms, whor tho produce from his country est at was kept for sale, contained the usun apartments of a private mansion. Th Maison Plantiu at Antwerp is a fin oxatnplo of a sixteenth century house whoro under the same roof were tin business oftlces and private apartment of the proprietor. As in England am the low countries, so in Route, tho vain of such houses as places of residene nffectod the prices they fetched in th market. Therofore tho comparisoi with tho price realized for purely busi I nesfl premises is in some measure un ' trustworthy. London Laud and Water African Decoration. A tribo of West African women, wh are forced to forego clothing on accoun of tho heat, turn tho entire attention o their personal decorative instincts t their heads, torturing their wooly leek into ail I sorts of fantastic designs. Tlv "buffalo horn" is ai favorite: tho loci hair hangs in tight ringlets, and tli front is divided into two rolls, am wound around long curved shells whid stand nearly upright from tho head Another popular design is a halo roum the head, formed of tightly braided lit tlo pigtails, which are held in positioi by a hoop of wood, which encircles th hoiid. Tho hoop represents tho niiubu of a saint, and the little tails tho beam of heavenly light.?Philadelphia Press Moon Influence*. Mnny superstitious beliefs ns to tin influence" of the moon still remain even in this hist decade of tho nine ; tcenth century. In somo localities i is believed to bo unlucky to lie oiupt] handed when ono first beholds tho nev moon. and among tbeshnio peoplo Imv ing silver in tho hands or gold in tlw pockets is a "good sign." If ono ii about entering ujion an important un dortaking, he had l>e?t defer proceeding! until tho moon is "fulling"?that is until somo timo between "now" ami "full" moon ' z'r-iglry?Do you have your clothe* cou, to order? ' , foreico?When 1 strilco u new tailor, ponothe old ones tlioy uro made by ro-HkWhfca#*. > ! AT THE TABERNACLE, j y "A HUNTING SCENE" THESUOJECT Or 1 n OH. TALMAGE'S SERMON. d H* Wliu Hunt* Hi* World's Pleasures In I tli* Morning of l.lf* May Neiur UlvlOo tb* Christian Spoil In lb* livvulng ? Putting OU Kopentnuco. y 1 Huooklvn, Nov. 1X5. ?In the forenoon id ; service ut tho Tabernacle today. 1 it'v. Dr. j. Tnlnie.go took for hi* subject a most sev n souiible one, "A Hunting Scene," the text being Genesis xllx, 157, "in the morning lie shall devour the prey, and at night ho *>hall divide the spoil." A few nights ago H(0 men encamped ? along the Long Island railroad so as to he | ! ready for tho next morning, wlilch was the j J lirHt "open day" for doer hunting. Do j . : l wren sunrise aud 'J o'clock in the after] noon of that day 15 deer were shot. On the II "Oth of Octolicr our woods and fwiv. tHio- j sound with the shock * f firearm* and are t trucked of poiuters and setter* hi cause the | i quail are then n lawful pnzo fur ihuhjiorlH|< man. y Ou a certain day in all England you can bear tho crack of thu sportsman's gun, bocause grouse hunting bun Itcgtin, mid every i iuuu that cuu afford thu time and uiutauniM lion uiul can draw a head starts for the * fields. Xeuophou grew eloquent in regard to the art of hunting. In the far cast pood plo, elephant mounted, chase tho tiger, o The American Indian darts his arrow at the buffalo until thu frightened herd turn hie over the rocks. Luropenu nobles are ofteu found In the fox chaao and ul tho 'i aiAg limit. Francis 1 was called the father II of hunting. Moses declares of Ximrud, I " "He wuh a mighty hunter before tins Lord." i- Therefore, in ull agon of tho world, tho j imagery of my text ought to he suggestive, 1 i, whether it means u wolf uftcr a fox or a c, man after a liou. _ Old Jacob, dying, Is telling tho fortunes . of his children. Ho prophesies tho devour- j big propensities of Ikilijumiu and his do- | '* Mceudunts. With his dim old eyes he looks , t' olf and sees the hunters going out to tho i- fields, ranging them all day, and at night- i full eomlng home, the game slung over the t shoulder, and reaching the door of the | [| lent tho hunters begin to distribute tho t, game, and onu takes a coney, and another J u rabbit, and another a roe. "In the morning ho shall devour the prev, and at night he shall divide (he spoil." Or it may ho a ' reference to the habits of wild beasts s slay their prey anil then drag it barfs as 1 the cave or lair uiul divide it amoia js [1 young. ' . H IIUNTEIJ8 OK T1IK WOULD. ,1'?" Nv ' I take uiy text, in the first place' h(?r<uio script ivu of those people who in tloOL'iIIiII'r W ing of their life give themselves v/ (' ing the world, hut afterward, l/ . r of God, in tho evening of tlieli , ' n among themselves tho spoils'''1 bill 11 rot s character. There are aged </o holiday root t ami women in this house whoq a fL>w (lays a n testimony, would tell you that .. j Ing ef their life they were uller ,ir,>- " t as intense as a hound after a hi. Means CO falcon swoops upon a gazelle. |ey don't i wl the world's plaudits nnil i i ' , " gains. They felt that If they co . c<" ' werld they would have overytL Mill' l'lty I of tlielil started out. for I lm olunVla Lo > ?., -- - , J . <. j i? worlil. They thought thai the* next v laughed loudest was happiest. Tin... , 1 () repartee and conundrum and build;, ,uu and madrigal. 11 They tbought they would like to be Tom tloods or Charles l.ainhs or Kdgur A. Poua. P They mingled wine and music and the d spectacular. They wero worshipers of tho e harlequin, and tho Merry Andrew, and llio it hnlloon, and tho jester. Lite was to tlium a foam and huhhle and cuchlnnation and u roysterlug and grimaco. They w ere so full of glee they could hardly repress their ') mirth even on solemn occasions, und they '' cume near bursting out hilariously even at the burial because there was something so o dolorous in the tone or countenance of the li undertaker. 0 After awhile misfortune struck them hard on the back. They found there was something they could not laugh at. Under j their late hours their health gave way pr there was a death in the house. Of every i green t lung their soul was exfoliated. They y found out that life was more than u joke, i From the heart of (Jod there blazed into t f their soul an earnestness they had never 1 felt before. They awoke to their sinfulness and their Immortality, and here they sit at 1 ISO or 70 years of ago as appreciative of all i M innocent mirt!i tut they ever were, hut they are bent on n stylo of satisfaction w hich iu 1 " early lifo they never hunted?the evening | ( l* of their days brighter than the morning, i t' in the morning they devoured the prey, | ll hut at night they divided the spoils. I, T It K Cll ASK (IK TIJK DOLLAIt. i? Then there are others who started out i for lluaiiciul success. They see how limber I the run of a man's hut is when he hows down before some one transpicuous. Tliey 1 1 felt they would like to sou how the world ( 3 looked from the window of a $4,000 turn j I " out. They thought they would like to i 1 have the morning sunlight tangled in the S 1 headgear of a dashing span. They wanted ' the bridges iu the park to resound under i the rataplan of their swift hoofs. They I wanted a gilded baldric, and so they start- 1 ed on the dollar hunt. They chased it up one street anil chased it down another. They followed it w hen it burrowed In the t-' cellar They treed it in the roof, e Wherever a dollar was expected to be. ' i, they were. They chased it across the ocean. 1 0 I'liey chased it across the land. They ' 8 stopped not for the night. Hearing that 1 j dollar, even in the darkness, thrilled them 1 am an Adirondack spoilsman is thrilled at 1 midnight by a loon s laugh. They clnised 1 l> that dollar to the monev vault. Tliev chased 0 It to the government ti?Asury. They routed o it from under the counter. All the hound were out?nil the pointer* mid the setter*. They leaped the hedge* for that dollar, and they cried: "Hark uwuyl A dollar! A dol ir!" And when at last they came upon it , I and had actually captured it their excite j ment was like that of a falconer who hua < successfully flung his llrst hawk. * In the morning of their life, oh, how they 1 f devoured the prey I liut there cntno a bet 1 0 ter time to t heir soul. Tliev found our tt??? ; b An immortal nature cannot nve on nana L? stock. They took up a Northern Pacific ' < bond, and there was a hole in it through (> which they could look into the uncertain y . of all earthly treasures. They saw some ' Pulsion, living at the rate of a 1 '' mouth, leaping from a San Francisco wharf ' v cau'e lie could not continue to live ai ti.c 1 1 Mine ratio. They saw the wizen and para ' | lytic bankers who had changed their souls n into molten gold stamped \\ ith t he image 1 0 1 of the earthy, earthy. They saw some ureal ^ H souls hy avarice turned Into honiunculi. ' and they aaid to themselves, "I will mhm, ' " after higher treasure." 1 IiKVOUKKl) ?V THK WORM). 1 From that time they did not care whet her they walked or rode If Christ walked with ' p them; nor whether they lived in h mansion ' , .ir in h hut if t.hnv dwelt iinilsr i!u< kIihiIo a ' of the Almighty; nor whether they were ' t roneu ui l'ffuch broadcloth or in homcspi.*, f if they liml the robe of tUo Saviour's right , j oouBiienH, nor if they wore xnndulhl wi h | jiorocco or calfskin if i hoy wore shod wit It tlio preparation of tlio Gospel. Now you j pee pruco on their countenance. Now that' ' ? wan nays: "What a fool I was to bo en- t chanted with this world. Why, I Uava ( ' inoro satisfaction In flvo minutes in theaerv- f , loo of God thao I had in all t' o flat yci m t I of toy life while I was gaingctiin't. I i! < t this orcnhiK of my day a great deal better ( than I did the morning. !:j l.u morning I , greedily devoured th? i v, i. t now it ii ? evening, and I utu t.ioiiouriy niv alin;/the spoil." n My frauds, tfois world 1# a poor thing to . hunt. It |? health/ul to ao <rut in the woods , f una num.- it rekii/ues tin- iu?.teror me rye. It strikes the brown < : ;: f urinal I leaf Into the cheek. It j.'.iviH to i.j rim; I inntic limb.s tho rtrrngth to leap like u roe. Christopher North':; p< t cun, the mucklemou'd Meg, itoir : < 11 i:? t' ? Mimnu r In the foresta hiul Its eho in the winter time in thoeloquence that rant* thrush thor.ai vrrslty bulla of Kdinbnr^h. It is heulthy toko hunting in tho ileitis but I tell you that it la belittling and b:*dw?rP.s:j{ nud hclnmiut; for n man to bunt thi world. Thy hammerfomeit(lowu on the kuucaik stead of that which you are pursuit.;.;. When) on turn out to hunt the world, the world turns out to hunt you, and ua many a sportsman aiming hia gun at a panther's heart has i.oiie down under the striped claws, so while you have been attemplii'X to devour this world She world lias been devouring sen. Ho It was with Lord Byron. So it w ; with Coleridge. So it was with Cathe;iue ? I 1 'ssia. lluury II went out hunting for this w >rid, uud ?'? lances struck t (trough ids lanrt. Irenes I aimed at tho world, hut the assassin's tingifvr put in end to liis n\ .hition and I is I lifo lit ou?* stroke. M ir . Otioi*:i ??f Sent ? I ivrute on LUo* window of her c i .tie; From ihu top of nil my triif.t Mishap hath I >1 I me i i l!i 1 sai.vation' rosri'oxrii) ro!:i:vr:u. Tho tpteen down t-r of Navarro was of ; iered for her wedding day a costly and bona | tifvil pair of glovvs, and she put theui on, but they wcro poisoned g oves, and tin y took her life. lielter h bare hand of cold j privation than a warm and poisoned glovn ( of ruinous success. *'Uh," anys Home young I man in the audience, "i believe what you ! are preaching, l ain going to do that very i thing. In the morning of my life 1 atn g<<- i ing to devour the prey, and in the evening 1 i Khali divide the spoils of Christian char- J inter. I only want a little while to now uiy wild oats, and then 1 will bo good." Young man, did you ever take tho census 1 ' of all till' old people? Mow many old people are t here in your lion tie? One, two or I none? How many in a vast Hsseinhh.i.o ; llko this? Only hereaud there a gray head, i like tho patches of snow hero and I hero it the liclds on a late April day. Tho fact ?? I that the tides of the years aro so strong that men go down under them before they get to be <10, before they get to by 50. boforo they get to be 40, before they get to bo !'/>; and if you, my young brother, resolve n< ? that you will spend tne morning of your days in devouring the prey the probability Is that you will never divide tho spo .s In tho evening hour. Flo who post nones until old age the religion of J chum Christ nostpones it forever. I m*n,(.r(. nro i |M. inrn who, T.O years ago, r?Olit to become Christians in old age, putsch , off a certain number of years? 'I hey i I , I t to be old. The railroad collision, * -amhoat explosion, or the slip on 1,1 ?r the falling ladder, or the suddeu t an end to their opportunities. all< I ive never had an opportunity since, er will have un opportunity again, 'k 1 i .ekod the tloor of lieaven at/alust ; ill, and they throw away the keys. 10 a*<l i lie world, ai. 1 t hey died In the ill I T1 ' :l! l-< r,n l-hom. Piled to lake t lie game they pursued. | ill on a swift courser, they leaped ID- I igo, hut the courser fell on them and ii, (I them. Promising to harlot their, il for the world, they hat hoth and I neither UFIi'S niJIKF PAT Whllo (Ids is an etconi i cement to o'i| , people who are still unpardoned, it is no j i encouragement to thoyou: who are putting oil' the day of grace. Ibis doctrine , that t he old may ho repentant Ih to he tall- ! en caution ly. It in mi iieinoilmt i.iilaor cures. The inio medicine given I<> d Ycr eat pat h i. i, in one c.i a'it .vts 1 and i tho ot her it destnn s it. Tins pee Utility of repent mice at the close of I may cu;o tiiu old man while it kills tlie y< ung. lie can lions in (.miii!.' it. Again, my snhject Is descriptive of thosi? who come to a Midden mid radical change. Yon have noticed how short a time it Is j from morning to night?only seven or , eight hours. You know that the day has a very brief life. Its heart heats 1M times, and then it i' dead. I low quick this transition in the clmrncicr of Ihese Lieujamitesl "In the morning they shall devour tho prey, and at night they shall divide tho spoils." Is it possible that there ahull he such a transformation in any of c ur char- : actors? Yes, a man may heat 7 o'clock in i the morning an all devouring worldling, ' and at 7o'clock at night l,? may boa peaceful, distributive Christian Conversion is instantaneous. A man j passes Into the kingdom of (iod quicker thai) down the sky runs r.igzng lightning. ! A man may he anxious about his soul for a great many years; that dues not make him a Christian. A inau may pray a great : while; that does not make liim a Christian. ; A man uvm? resolve on the reformation of; ni.1 i;illliucit'r 1111(1 llHVeimit 1CSOIIH ion going on a great while; that does not inako hi in a Christian. Hut the very instant when lie llings his Hon I on t he mercy of in mis Christ, that instant is lustration, emancipation, resurrection I'p to that point Ik- is going in the wron? direction, lifter that point lie is going in the right ili rection. Bet >re that moment ho is a child tif sin; after that moment lie is a trhihl of CJod. Before that inoiiu nt devouring the prey; after that moment dividing the npoil. Five minutes is as good as five years. My hearer, you know very well that the best things you have tlone y?.?ti have done lu a (lash. You made up y>ur mind in an instant to liny, or to sell, or to Invest, or to stop, or to start If yor liad missed that one cliance, j oil would have missed It for Bver. Now, just as precipitate and quick and spontaneous will he the ransom of your soul. Some morning yon were making a calculation. You got on the track of some financial or social game. With your pen or pencil you were pursuing it. That very morning you were devouring the prey, hut that very night you were in a different mood. You found that all heaven was of , feml yon You wondered how you could j get it for yourxolf anil for your family. < You wondered what resources it would give you now and hereafter. You are di- ' riding peace and CO 111 [or t find HUllsfuCtlnti 1 (ind Christ ian reward in your soul You ] ure dividing the spoil. I KKI.IUION M A K KH MAN MAKThU. I Onetialdinth nig .t at the close of the > service I said to some persons, " tu n did ...... < i...-. j\j\t mm scrums UUlHll )"OUT SOU)? : And they told me, "Tonight " And 1 s.?;d ;o others, "Wild) d, I } - i .1 ! ,o (J od7" And tlipy aid, "Ton And J [ said to still other*, "Yx In n < t y< i re10)VO to servo the l.ord oil tlto ('. .; f yon r ' < Itof" And tiny Hald, "Tonight." f taw i by the giiyet y of thtilr npparcl thai when i the grace?f (Jod struck tlicm they were do* i pouring the nroy, but I ww ui-o in the , lood of Joyful tears, and In the kindling nptltr"*. on their I row, ni: 1 in tie irr.Nhil.v font and tranaporting uttcradock, thet they j ;vero dividii < tho spoil. ' If yon have lain in this building when I the lights are struck at >nij:l.t, \ t kn nv I hat with one t -itch < i' ?!t ; y r.i | ill hia/id (Mi. I would to Gpd that the j lerkituMt of jour kouIm tub ht lie broken up, Hid that hy one (ji.s k, i . t w ! <'n in itantnpeous (Ituib of Illumination you night lie brought Into the light mid the I libel*) of the sons of (ioill \ You new that religion in a difTorent thin?;, i from what some of you people i-uj pe . i. ^ ifou thought it was u decadence. You , bought religion was maceration. You bought. it was highway robbery; that it itruck one down ami loft him ha'f dead; ,hftt it plot In d out t lie ej i . 11, at it plucked r.it the j bine.-, of the soil; tho. it I: !.o c hewing and em lie<{ tho I: ;ds as it (lire ' ;l,t\vin w . h iis k in !. li.lmn \ '..r.r.i Ij il i C dr. No, thai is not religion. o What is ret;;.ii of tr is divid. ; t!.e P poll. U is taking a i.cfiioi . : :| ,...J J, xuiPtilyiMJ ft Apr cu^-gal coigjucAt. U b t|io # lifctrumtwo of prize# by the Icing # hand. ( i tuaMMaMMMMOMWr; ?, ' --MA every mount aimiid'eo w no a u" -r; it ie an exhilaration, i'X|><'ue'' n. It Is im| . disatiou. It in eutbrn?.. out. Ii h,.. 41 makut ii tunti niHitur of cat ' . 1 i * i hell. It goon fort!i to g:uh< r the 1. <. i ? 1 1 1 Ictory won by I'riooe Koianuvl, diadems of heaven, an 1 the loiy 1* .?' tenvitriil and celtwt .1 and i . u? after ranging Mil world-'' for cvcr> thing ihut i* respkudont, it divide* the s; What warn It thut Ji.unv 'it' r. t..i? f-v moil* Kugllsli evangelist, vv a ul. a., \ ..t: 1 his dying moments he .-aid "Clm>t i- ! Christ in all!** Why, he was tuitno light. He wo* rounding tl {'ape.4 C 1 Hope. He wan dividing the sp il What wan the aged Christian (v'ut<... .*s-i < ; when at years of 1 meeting one day and so d. "tin- liinc.f my departure is cotnu. My grave eiothca are falling ufff" Hire was dividing tiio vooUBlie longed with win/?to fly n . ay And mix with Uu.l otvru .1 . What is Daniel 1 < w <!< ii the . it r, and Klijnh, who was druwi: I ing counters, and I'an I, t . ; whose chains made kin :s ?;: 1 the other victims of llootl wreck and guillotine? w heio are 1.. . j 1 viding the apoil. . Ten thousand titnes ten thou . t, In Bparklluit raiment bi Tho ai Luicn of the run <ui> <1 Inrs Throng up tho Htet'i i o! li?!.u Tis finished,all is finished. Their light v. ith death and sin. Lift high your golden gates And let the victors in. Oh, what ft grand thing It is to bo ft Christian! NVe begin now to divide the but the distribution will not be octuplel< 1 , to nil eternity. There is ft poverty NtrueSt soul, theru s u business despoiled soul, there is a hiu struck soul, thero ta tt bereaved houI?why do you not cotnc a?d get Mio spoils of Christian character, the comfort, tlie joy, the pence, the salvation tea: i nut Bent to ofYer you in tny Masttr's nan. " Though your knees knock together ia weakness, though your luiiul tremble in fear, though your eyes ruin tearn of uncontrollable weeping-come and gel I..e spoil Rest for all the weary. I'anion lor uli the guilty. Rescue for nil t he bestornu-d. l.ifo for all the dead. I verily believe that tlaro tiro Rome v. ho have come in here downcast because the world is against them, and because thejr feci God is against thcui, who will go away saying: 1 came to Jesus as I was. Weary and worn and pad, 1 found in film a ret lug place. And lie has inade mo glad. Though yott came in children of the world, you may go nwoy heirs of heaven Though thin very uulunnml nuirn you worn devouring tiie prey, now, ail worlds Witnes* ing, you muy divide tho spoil. A Hull For a God. Tho nncicut I'p.ypfians 1 li<ve?l that the tpirit of tluir givuto.t god. < dwelt among thi in in the lorm oi a pun# white bull Uiitrln d . HerndotUR inet.liwnn t . ? f flu t . ? ?a blackoaglocn the lack i?' ! al forehead with n Hijuare <1 v. hit. in t!a center. Th ho cr??:iti:r' when r " r.'l. woro worshiped (lurii i en : milled al'tcr death. The N<\v Historical s.oei ty lias* gods," a (ino nuiinniy 1, in i. l .nt. of So run in. St l,<?u> !: . i THE FAIT WEI IThilit vn|it in n <!iy <1 renin bm : n-iy And humming a song of myjo Hi I woko with ? ?.;*it I ' i The dojit hi <>f It. in ai a.* It .<> Tliw minstrel i {1 Of Rlortea <"f lamia far a Though eyclei I . vo xv. I i . 1 I Im xx. v ,o:n la pn*? ,t \ r Could I mid ix v. < ril i i for i xsliiji of f It nilzht !). ? th.1 i ! Might tay I had not Si.-. 1 l:i I It tnii.'iit h ) i lint o n When cullo I on i > i .. > . Might biers tno lor mi hi i (exxbly. In helping to t.oint out i..< tend. I've bind throughn country of v..,> at era, (ia/.nd lieri'xvuiil ui. I t i r . II My ayes liavo a row i <li;.i < .VI) heart in In placo h.i Willi v i?t*.s of I." * n Around mo wlmievor I ; My thought;) li.xxv i) ur - i Abounding on nil . Ye tollers In uUey*. inc. Ye xvenry. tuun'i.vi'd u.id ou Leave t>ln? ahnino nntl sorrow t to on i and shako linn la or I i ] (Lai. Why groan ui.dir hunt : .. t. . . . . .. y i;> Why clntnor at py , \ . i Why breathe hut t'.io air oi i Why llsiea loil'-gnu i fiat to i .i i.i. ..i.... i. w. .?>- r..n?'.l n M>? < IP.' ) Ml' II .1', Great Nature your truthful J,i..h i rift, Tli?earth "in in lullne.vi" w iil >nu A rich and bountiful (cast. 1 Why toil for rv mls'rablo t>!t?nnco Id atmospheres liwlon witii itr.ill, When miles upon miles wait t .10 tilling ' And cities art) stili to he lar.lt < lu lands where to labor's a bie?hlutfln lands of perennial im,i > j , Wliero nature meets man open hande l Paying fivefold for duty that's do c? From frails of the earth cut 1:1 plenty. I Orluk air from tho mo 10 a1.v. 1 It 1 1 Vour hearts will (trow Si .III: ,, > Hi) l ! ;hlcr Work lionesi ly?Uod do' i the ie:,i! I And if it he true hi It'ii written That (lod- "in Lis icnt;:c" -ruatlo nan Go enminlo hind Croute s m < ,h.n..i 'Tin o< tion willswee.cn llfc'u i?run: < 'Tin honrnty leans men to lab r; I "lis !*:> r wit.shonor and julf. , Hti Ik*) out I'.ir t hi i oa' ' Lii;.I of Pror.'.cto"A dsstlny iv.r\o f >r > nr.% T. ' Then lionor'd by All who Btirvotind you, i In bonus that your own Iru.ds I .r.o urado Tho sunret of life you tail twlcfmui? . Your tlcbis 1 ) your .tinker nre paid. -J. II. Uuri.o* i.i Aiutfuun Theater. ' Ulectrlo l/'iponltlou uftooyrr. i According to tho opinion of ho good < iu authority itsTho CngiiusTing Nown. < :ho rocont discovery made relntivo to I tho electric* deposition of coj js r and i >ther inetula promise* to roof pnoat in:* ] portanoo, for, while hevctoforo ntu't [)roceanc? havo boon i .1 on by iin- j merging tho metal in tench i to i.ocno I ;no oopoait 111 ntt r , 1 n n irtlt of tho nu'tr.l to I < ?l< tltd. t!. ] now method ma!:: 9 off< cti\ tool' in 1 lohlhlo salts >?f tho tv.ri<> . 1 r 1 Is, th i being niinply reduced t>n |i < powder tnd tneolmnieully 1.i1 with wfth.*r, I rho mixture la applied ' > 1 }n rurf n< < < of tho metals by means < a i h. t > Lho handle of which i > civ 1 c 1 jloctnc conducting win-, i ot' . t tit > ? i pouitlng operation v ; i ' I'- ( : <. u I nary application ot a <o.t of j i 1 Not only pure metals, hot all i ' i ot j alloys. it in rem . a.ted. ur<- ; muting* toother met a la. \.it!i '1. < i. i most facility, l y this means. 'I lam t > hull of ni| iron uhip. lor ? < on, . mi y 1 l*? spread over with a toi. t c jiul inipi rvious surface of mi t llic cop- t per of any (le^ivccl thickn , . c i j [incut* havo hcea tnado which i. i Unit thin plan may bo raicccs IV.: ? i pied out in tho plntit j of ale. nun with Bilver or gold- ;? rlvudc rutuui which has long heon Bought lor. hut i/ , rain. 1 f institution or iUHrrt{\^,? Tho first blessing which God gavo to t, naq was society, mid that society was \ marriage, and that innrvingo wuh liftlowed hy a bhuii t . \ wnnumd '1, but piar: i>; i,. .. i 'f Live vou that of a . Carriage wa? it t \ \ . i aid has been tho gicni l unliuolo 1 gainst sin.?Jeremy Taylor. * - - I I'l l I~1 Hi IM II I <1 I I^OM?B?1 ELEVEN TEARS LATER / 'I INCIDENT OF GETTYSBURG HAS A PLEASANT SEQUEL. (irilrr^l Qorilou Thought Uo 11.'id (jltiii'ial U.irlovv to Die ?>u thu IIuttleQold In I HU3. hul They Met Agalu In Washli ^lon In 1874 .Saved b.v 11 Unvoted Wife. Tlio ndvanco of tho Confederate tins of I ;titlo commenced early <m the morni'._; of.Inly 1. IbOU, ut Gettysburg. The infantry division commanded by Major U< 1: rat .lohn 11. Uordou of Georgia w is among the find to attack Its objective |>.->iill was the left of the Second < :t 1 of the Union urmy The daring aaiul, r of that eorjat occupied a I :i so far j.iK'aiit". tl beyond the 1. 1:1 line of the Federal uruiy that, . it 1 .viuil attack, it placed him l 1I1 1 e !i oi 1 uly support when t t i i i f I uti . t.iuK' to bun in the : i rii. ');i I. i moro OXtOlinea ; ov'ii. 'i!: " ilt r.it'1 advance -Is. uii*I u w;t.i bravely mot by I iii?m troops. who tor tho lirsttiui? 1 1 thornsc lv-. H engage tl lit battle on tli- tit il ul tho north, which until then hutl been virgin to the war It was "a 1'ar cry" from Richmond to (r?ttyHburg, yet Leo was i>i their ftont. and I hey iioeniod resolved to welcome their v. u'turn visitors "with bloody hands to In pitablo graves." But thy Federal flanks rented in air. and being turned iis lino was badly broken, and despito it h bravely resolute d fenso against tho 4 v. 1 did red attack of tho Confederate veterans it was forced to fall back (ioi'don s division was in motion at u double quick to .s izo and hold the van* ta;,o ground in his trout, from which. t)u opposing line had r< treated, when ho saw din etly in his path the apparently dead lodv of a Union ofiicet. lie ch"ci:: <1 Ills hovrio and tleni olwerved from tho motion of th? eyes and lijw that the ofYlce-.r was still living. He nt once dismounted, mid seeing that the head of Ills wounded ioenian was lying in a depression iu Hie ground placed, mult r it a nearly knapsack. While raising him at the shoulders for that purpose ho saw that thy blood was tvi< M;n;- from a I nib thole iu the back, and t in ti he know that the ottieer had been ? hot through the ! r? ast. Ho then gave !.:iii uduuk trout ullai-kof brandy and water. uud an ho revived anid, bond* in;: over liiin : "I ;u u very Rorry to uro i in ti i i condition. I am General * ! It'll T I I 11 i . . ... . . . ... .i - ; ' .? 1 v> i ii to i: i you itSl I <*au. i'u nii^u\ r came ia i? < I ) tones: i !c \i .. { - aval. 1 am Brigadier . . ' : ;! 1' ..!. I \ \ oU :.*i do ivehrie mora fi : mo. I am ?ly-* i u i. ;u r a p:u , In- said; . yon i ai. My \ i; is nl tin hvad< id of CI iui I M tul . li' you sur* v,\ !i;.!ilc, | ..sv her I: nw that I <lit il doing my duty.' !i It d ; 11 1 :i. 1 : " Yol?r Iliort1' J li. c. f i!l i a. !y I " yiv< t\ to Can 1 do nothing mora tor you V" brief | nu jo Gonct ! Barlow i- "Mi\ C< I Ideas yon! iJuly ' :r c li'.i i r. I ' i 1 l a t ho breast, ; t of i y at t?llio left bn ast audi t a | at . t i.f l( tt is. Art Gctl i i unbutton-, d the blood sonk 1 not ruel took out tli<? packet tho ;ly dyiu^ rainier said: "Now. I . vako nit osi!' ! d load il to inc.. Tiiey .no Ivom iny wit'o. 1 wish that lu rvoid shall bo the last 1 hear in thin world." Resting on cmo lew e at his side, Gcniv. ! (lord* n. iii ck'ir tones, hut with t. . rful i y< s, road the I. iter. As tho ; i the lotttr < ;u >d. Generult low i id: 'Thank you. Now, , " .tear them all up. 1 would not li.iv.. i lej11 n ail hy oilers." ( i i r.l Gordon tore them into frag1 i at 1 itt' red them on tho Held, "suet sown and hladoil thick witbi d .l." Then, pressing (General Barlow's hand. < loncrul Gordon hado him goods y. and mounting his horse quickly joined hin coinmund. lie hastily poiim d a note on tlie mel of his saddle, giving General Harlow's message to his wife, but stated that ho was still living, though seriously wounded, and iufouning hor whero lie lay. Addressing the note to "Mis. General Barlow, at General Meade's headquarters," ho handed it to ono of his staff and told him to place a whito handlcerchit f upon his sword tind l ido at a gallop toward tho one my t. nno mid aonver tho noto to Mix. Barlow. Tho ofiioer promptly obeyod tho order. Ho wuh not lirod upon., mid jix being mot by n Union ofHew. wlu> advanced lor that purpose, tho ruH? was received und read, witb tho atwurunco that it should bo delivered instantly. Lot 113 turn from Gettysburg to th<? japitol at Washington, whore. li yeurs> later. General Gordon hold, us now, iu lent a? senator of tho United States and iv a a present nt a dinner party given by Jrlaudo B. Potter, a representative* ii* jougruaa from tho state of New York, Upon !i!r. Pater's introducing to hint i gentleman with tho title of General Barlow, General Gordon remarked: "Are you a relative it the General Barlow, a g ill ait nob nor. who wn^ tilled at Gettysburg?" answ< r was, "1 am the Gotoral | . : low win* wad 1. i"1 <1 at Gettysburg,, n I yon uro the General Gordon whu? suecori d me!' The m< ( ting was worthv of two svirti i: iv luen? every inch Anna lean solliers. I s. ould add that oil receiving trer i t i t note, which bed l*een speedly <h livcivd, Mrs. Barlow hastened to ha field. though not without dunger to i i | on, tor tho I .at! wax still m >i?* i Mho Soon found L< r Imsbiuxj m i lil him borne to where lie couldl i oeivo surgical att mdauco. hi m ugh Ik r do voted i rn ??i-? . .. tiiiiuniUUiVriff i \ is ciml 1 J to muuiin hin ioinuK?n<fc <f th" " V .< i Isit r I : iycailo" mid wild tui npli iuUU l- potation which it huiH . n< v-(I mult r (Itmt ral Sickloa, italirstt villi landor. --iSo'v liavtn lli'^iatcr. military Ntoroa. Military stem* oro now rmuto an at* us possible to uniform pntternH, nil the components >re int? rcbang? bio. not only in each scrvin?. but Isiwb.t^ \ *.r.'*ii>?blt* Imtwoeii the> t ... -i . ices, no that. for twanv I !. ; i*l tl'.O OVl'Mt of 110. !:.* . a .1 v. .:'.j finM'i-xs guns lit .! up !; tiDiimmUion a iHiiai inumUM Ipr the UUMI nrvioe. ?Now Ycrr~k Time*.